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NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL COGNITION IN AUTISM

自闭症空间认知的本质和发展

基本信息

批准号：
6538349
负责人：
JAMIE S OGLINE
金额：
$ 3.62万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (COLORADO SEMINARY)
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2002
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2002-06-01 至
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6538349
关键词：
Downs syndrome adolescence (12-20) autism behavioral /social science research tag clinical research cognition disorders developmental psychology human subject middle childhood (6-11) neuropsychological tests short term memory space perception

项目摘要

The overall goal of the proposed research is to examine the nature and development of spatial cognition in individuals with autism. Although previous research suggests that spatial cognition may be a strength in those with autism, research findings in this area are inconsistent and need further examination. For instance, central coherence theory claims that those with autism have difficulty attending to the gestalt and will focus more on the local parts of a spatial configuration. This theory is inconsistent with the possibility that individuals with autism may have a strength in the spatial domain because many spatial tasks require attention to both the global and local parts of configurations. Another inconsistency is evident between previous findings of executive deficits in autism and the findings that individuals with autism are not impaired on spatial tasks that may require executive processing, such as the WISC block design. The proposed study will attempt to resolve these inconsistencies and add to knowledge about spatial cognition in autism by testing low-functioning children with autism as compared to Down syndrome and normally developing mental age matched control groups using measures of spatial working memory, global/local processing, and a spatial task previously not examined in this population. Broadening knowledge about spatial cognition in this disorder will allow for a better understanding of development in this disorder and any potential strengths that may exist.

这项研究的总体目标是研究自闭症患者空间认知的性质和发展。虽然先前的研究表明，空间认知可能是自闭症患者的一种优势，但这方面的研究结果并不一致，需要进一步研究。例如，中央连贯理论声称，自闭症患者很难注意到完形，并且会更多地关注空间配置的局部部分。这一理论与自闭症患者可能在空间领域具有优势的可能性不一致，因为许多空间任务需要关注全局和局部配置。另一个不一致的是明显的自闭症的执行缺陷的研究结果，自闭症患者的空间任务，可能需要执行处理，如WISC块设计没有受损。拟议中的研究将试图解决这些不一致，并通过测试低功能自闭症儿童与唐氏综合征和正常发育的心理年龄匹配的对照组相比，使用空间工作记忆，全球/本地处理和空间任务的措施，以前没有在这个人群中检查，以增加有关自闭症的空间认知的知识。扩大对这种疾病的空间认知的知识将使人们更好地了解这种疾病的发展以及可能存在的任何潜在优势。